Month: May 2023

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan poet and novelist Gioconda Belli, known for her feminist and erotic literature, has been awarded the Reina Sofia…

By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ralph Yarl — a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell — walked at…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The prosecutor in Argentina who is leading the investigation into the failed…

By CARLOS VALDEZ and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A prosecutor in Bolivia has launched an investigation into the…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it plans to launch its first military spy satellite…

HOULTON, Maine (AP) — Officials say the driver of vehicle with a sign indicating there was an explosive device on board led Maine State Police on a…

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Police fired tear gas and demonstrators burned cars Monday near the home of Senegal’s…

By ANNA FURMAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recent allegations by WNBA player Dearica Hamby that her coach harassed her for being pregnant…

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers questioned whether a proposal to subsidize a new MLB…

By JAVIER COLÓN DAVILA Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Puerto Rico say that drug trafficking was behind a mass…

PARACHUTE, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado student barred from wearing a sash representing the flags of Mexico and the United States to her high school…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A converted artists’ warehouse in Oakland that burned in 2016 and killed 36 people has been acquired by a nonprofit…

By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has unveiled plans to send a spaceship to explore the…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s interior minister and security officials say assailants have kidnapped a Saudi Arabian…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus and Russia have no immediate plans to adopt a joint currency, Belarus’ strongman leader announced on Monday.…

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rescue groups are accusing the European island nation of Malta of coordinating the return…

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A teenage student who police in Guyana accuse of deliberately setting a fire in a…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s former ruling party could face near-extinction in Sunday’s governorship…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Horse racing’s oversight authority will hold an emergency summit with Churchill Downs, Kentucky’s racing commission and…

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A judge has sentenced former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes to 14 years…

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man charged in an Ohio shooting that killed four people and injured a child earlier this year has now been…

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a Black nun…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A United Nations official says Bangladesh should not bear the burden of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees alone while…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has imposed sanctions on 365 Belarusian citizens and frozen the financial assets of other entities and people…